Aye
I started a thread on this very subject just below
Im not sure how they make money on this as surely you would only notice the players once they appear in the top trending list, by which time its too late.

The problem is that new traders keep falling for it. Personally I think it’s a real shame because it’s effectively scamming newbies as they’re taking their first steps on the platform. Who knows how many people have been scared off and discouraged from investing properly - so a small short term win for some traders at the expense of the long term health of the Index.

I hope it’s one of the problems that order books will sort out - if you need a buyer to sell close to the current buy price - you might think twice about ploughing £500 into a Vietnamese reserve GK.

Buying 1000 from a starting price of 21p costs £255. Each 100 pushes the buy price 1p. Price rises from 21p to 30p. Then you wait till the price hopefully rises to 37p for example, about 75% increase from the 21p.

£21
£22
£23
£24
£25
£26
£27
£28
£29
£30
£31
£265

Selling 1000 at 37p with the price dropping 1p for each 100, down to 28p returns £325. After 2% tax, this leaves £318.50 which is £63.50 excess, 25% profit. I would imagine that if lots of other players started doing this, there would be serious competition getting into the 'Risers'. No Riser exposure, no point to flip at, and low or no profits at all. And then the instigators will get burned or banned?

T&C's 11.
Suspicious betting shall include:
(a) where there is an unusual frequency and/or highly unusual pattern of Bets (by comparison with betting norms) placed on the same selection in a short space of time;